PERSON OF THE WEEK: Jason R. Marx Takes The Industry’s Pulse
This week, MortgageOrb chats with Jason R. Marx, vice president and general manager, mortgages, at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services in Minneapolis, on what...
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Barry Gross Pinpoints Commercial Real Estate Risk
This week, MortgageOrb spoke with Barry Gross, president of Developers Research, a national real estate consulting firm based in Irvine, Calif. The company...
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Wingspan’s Steven Horne Touts Psychological Equity And The Fifth C
What makes a successful loan workout? That's a question being asked by many in the servicing industry nowadays, and one that Steven Horne,...
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Jay Meadows And The State Of Mortgage Fraud
This week, MortgageOrb chats with Jay Meadows, president and CEO of Rapid Reporting in Fort Worth, Texas, to measure how the industry is...
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Michael Newman On Condos, Europe And Workouts
In a market like this one, what's a developer to do? Fortunately for Michael Newman, president and CEO of Golub & Co., the...
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Alan White Discusses Loan Mods, Industry Data and Payment Stress
This week, MortgageOrb talks with Alan M. White, an assistant professor of law at Valparaiso University School of Law in Indiana and author...
BLOG VIEW: State AGs, Bank of America and “Systematic Mods”
As things grow chilly across the nation, I'm sure I'm not alone in wondering just where the summer went. Remember August? For a...
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Scott B. Woll And The State Of The Secondary Markets
What can we expect for the future of the secondary market in general and the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) in particular? To consider this,...
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Tracy Cavanaugh On Bailouts And Lending Mistakes
This week, MortgageOrb spoke with Tracy Cavanaugh, a Certified Mortgage Planning Specialist (CMPS) and principal of the CS Advisory Division of America's First...
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Henry Hildebrand Discusses Servicer Best Practices And Chapter 13 Efficiency
As chairman of the Legislative and Legal Affairs Committee for the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees (NACTT), Henry Hildebrand III has been...
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Ivan Garces And The Continuing Fight Against Fraud
How does the industry fare in its efforts to stamp out mortgage fraud? MortgageOrb queried Ivan Garces, principal for the forensic service department...
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Becky Walzak Talks Quality Control, Dirty Data And Industry Standards
Clean or dirty - what's your data? That's the question confronting many lenders and servicers today, as compliance concerns mount and loan-file integrity...
PERSON OF THE WEEK: A Word From “You Walk Away”
Companies that offer 'buyer protection plans' to help borrowers - the highly distressed and slightly distressed alike - walk away from their homes...
PERSON OF THE WEEK: UpFront With Don Romano
This week, MortgageOrb takes a view of the industry from the broker's side of the equation. Our person of the week is Don...
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Charles Krawitz Talks Fannie, Small-Balance And The “Commercial-Curious”
As the KeyBank Real Estate Capital rolls out an expanded version of its Key Commercial Mortgage Access Plan, MortgageOrb caught up with Charles...
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Opinions On Fixing What’s Broken
This week, MortgageOrb connects with William M. LeRoy, CEO of the American Legal and Financial Network (AFN), and Richard Rydstrom, chairman of the...
PERSON OF THE WEEK: J. Brian King Diagnoses The Industry
The kindest thing one can say about the current state of the mortgage banking industry would be that it is not boring. A...
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Steve Hanover Discusses Hospitality Finance
What has the state of the economy done to credit availability for financing hospitality properties? With high gas prices and cash-strapped consumers, are...
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Servicers, Law Firms And Borrowers
This week, MortgageOrb has a brief chat with Gerald B. Alt, president and chief operating officer of LOGS Network. The attorney network's HEART...
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Dan Cutaia Takes The Lead
In May, Dan Cutaia became the new president and chief operating officer of Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp., headquartered in Sun Prairie, Wis. Cutaia...